Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-11
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dismal and Iumbling, swelled upon the
air, making the spacious rooms re-echo
with s swell that became almost melo-
dious; then it died away, end as the but
Ter dropped the beater Sir BriscO gave MS
arm TO Mrs. BrenGOn (all MORE antique
with white lace while Melanie and Amy
were paired off with strangers, who bear
no place IN our story, and two and two,
like the animals entering the ark, the
guests filed into the dining room.
TIE dinner was like any other in such
sn establishment, and thanks to the skill
Of the chef, and the care or Mrs. M0pps,
the hOusekeeper, wss all that could De
desired; but while it proceeded, through
ali its routine of entrees and courses, Me
lanie was unpleas2nty aware OF now her
uncle watched her and Lonsdaie, though
they were seated spsrt, and she could see
his bald head shining, with his side tufts
SITTER than ever, with the CLEAN Of his
spectacles and the lIephist0phellen smile
behind them-a smile that BODIED only
greed and mischief.
Sir Brlsco did the honors of his table
well, and looked even younger than his
years in evening costume, the waiter-like
garb Of civilization; and though MS
moUstsche was white IS snow, MS eyes
iIg, and his teeth Iii natural) white and
Well-formed as those Of man OF five
eut-twenty.
Though quiet, and too gentlem2nly in
manner to excite remark by his atten-
lions, there was subtle something in tie
! bearing of his host to Melapie, which, but
/ for the mans years, might have excited
more alarm in the mind Of Montague
Lonsdale; yet there was sufficient 20
pique and annoy him, knowing as he did
i the accessories OF wealth and position
/ possessed by the barCnet, though ne could
little suspect that the latter bGd--in the
proposal ne had made the girl, though
that proposal bsde5een rejected-a point
d'CtliCier-a basis for future operations,
IN fact, the old BarCnet continued TO
aasOrb her time and attention whenever
h2 could do so; and MS Impotence 20
Join the ladies in the drawing room,
when they ell sailed thither, was all but
obvious, when the gentlemen were left
cover their wine and walnuts; :" and Sc
Cretly, he was excessively bored By the
Vicar, who loved to linger oyer his glass
OF port and talk politics, being as keen
on the subjects of church and state SIS il
he had lived in the days of Squire West
ern and like bluff Tory Of the old
school, more than once asserted thgt he
could never sympath!ze with IS working
mans candidate, VINO had TO take MS
, clothes out Of his unCle's care before 1t
could address the unwsshed electors"
Sir BIiscO would rather have heard nj:
: military guests even talking "shop'-
, Musgraye of horses, and LOnsdale Of mil
) itary lie in Bengal
GLOW proud you must be OF such
beautiful old residence as this, 81
} Brlsco," said Mr.. Grimshaw, occupiet
: still by one idea, as he looked up at tn
: parqu6tted designs on the dome-sbapc,
g ceiling; sit must make you disdain mos
other places"
THAT would be ignobie PRIDE" reptile,
/ Sir BrisCo, smiling and toying with hi
e VINE glass, while thinking, too probably
= OF Rose Cottage.
"But there is 8 certain proper pride
g born Of and with good name" contin
- ued Mr. GrimshsW, bent On fattery.
i "Yes-the pride that honestly rejoice
G in IN honorable race and lineage; an
. that, iiprCperly and modestly maintained
e is very different from the absurd pride {
0 the Darvenu."
And Sir Brisco was right He cOul(
: though he never did so before, afford I
: talk thus His title WAS a creation b
/ King James, eight years after the latte
: succeeded TO the throne Of England, al
the first Of the family ranked after BacO
: of Redgrave, Primus BaEHnettorum al
i gGa; but held his lands Under a charts
( Of Henry VIII, by the not unusual tenul
! then, OF hndlng clean straw tor Iii
y Msjesty's bed, when ne, the Englis
Bluebeard, soiourned in that quarter.
, With ell this, Sir Brisco was muc
+, more humble and meek man than an OF
u noXious and intrusive neighbor, who Wa
y the terror of eVil-dOers as O magiStral
= and landh0Ider, retired soap boiler
~ Bow, sRho-whatever his past nan
> may have been-noW came forth as PlaI
4 acknowledgement (as snebs effeC
hYpheLs greatly bought old portraits
= family ones, stuck someone's crest on nj
~ carriage, snd boosted Of his "h'sucestoI
:, who fought at 'Astings with William
= H'orange."
When the gentlemen rejoined the ladie
: Melsnie, on whom were now the eyes
is her lover IS well as her uncle, found
r. more difficult to avoid the baronet, an
r, in attempting to do so, could get 1
1t aid from either Amy or Mr.
: Brendon, who were somewhat occupie
~ with the intended of the tormer-tl
:, handsome hussar-who vas soon abCl
d to leave them for his regiment, and, /
?, her mOtherly heart, Wss, of course, 6
: object OF deepest interest, to the despa
le OF mere than one "mild Curate," for who
1t she would work no more slippers
ie smoking cGps in the future.
If And Horace Musgrave was eomewh
il the pattern man even Of MS "crsCB
il regiment. All women, the mess eyerre
: fell in love with him; the matroDs f
e, their daughters sakeS-the daughte
J. because they could not help it; and
/ was fXed st last By little Amy Brenda
the belle Ct Stokencross Yicarsge,
lie what joke it is" thought LonSdalC
"a as he saw now that Amy, absorbed in n
Of friend, no longer amused her compar
re ions by her witty sallies and WI
speeches, or attended TO the compliment
3 and pretty rothings OF her many a.
|, mireTs; yet she made 8 charming pi
ture just then, with her soft dreamy ey
= fixed on Musgrsve'8 sunburnt face; ne
2, so brilliant in its COloring, her the
d. bronzs hair shot with gold n the su
lg light; her lips sweet and sensitive. sCfte
ing the clear outline Of perfect 81
CT minute features
- CHAPTER XI.-PIQUE AND sUsPICIo
70 On this July afternoon, the tall Fren
p, windows Of the drawing room were Cpe
and the curtains of fine laces were gent
Id stirred by the warm evening wind; t
y plash OF the fountains in the rose garde
os below the terrace WAS heard. and the lq